jpdb beta

tasting; sampling

1

natural disaster; cataclysm

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

athletic meet (esp. at school); sports day

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

2

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

3

barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial

3

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

whatever

1

clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

2

decision; settlement; definition

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

1

to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

1

opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

8

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

expressive power; inventiveness; creative power

1

stare; gaze; fixation

1

eyelashes

1

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

2

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

1

suicide attack; kamikaze attack

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

2

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

1

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

1

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

2

cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting

1

summary; digest

2

to accept; to receive; to agree

4

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

3

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

1

assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise

1

so to speak

4

ultimate; ultimate (sport); ultimate frisbee

2

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

1

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

2

pure

2

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

2

nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

2

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

2

trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely

1

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

1

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

1

hiding one's embarrassment

2

slight; thin; on the weak side

1

(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around

1